How Long ?

[stevecriner]

Rich you dont forget about MO...You know your always welcome here. See ya at the campout!

[Rich Higgins]

Steve, I promise that I will do a hunt with you in Mo. I also promise we will get you some more video at the campout. I'm really looking forward to this. Believe me, they are memorable.

[Jimmie in Ky]

 Didn't get serious about it until the coyote had been here in the area several years. I have been at it for eighteen years now. I am still a pup and still learning. I don't know of another critter you can chase that changes and adapts as much over such a short time.Jimmie

[sleddogg]

Called my first coyote by accident crow hunting 31 years ago. I didn't know a thing about them, and actually, the state said we had no coyotes then!

Lots have stuff has changed in my life over that 31 years time. New jobs, kids have grown up ( most of them ), wives have come and gone , but the one constant in my life  has been coyote hunting.

Don't chase 'em quite as hard as I used to, but the Eastern coyote is still my favorite animal, and easily the most cunning of our predators to hunt here in New England!

Been hunting in all New England states for Preds, and only been hunting out West once in Colorado.

Come on November........ 

[FinsnFur]

Welcome to the site Sleddog    good to see ya.

[kyray]

Been hunting Predators since I was old enough to tote a gun. Killed my first Grey fox blowing on a blade of grass. Carried an old single shot 12 Gage that would completely come apart with every shot. Forarm would be in my left hand, barrel on the ground, and stock in my right hand. Got pretty fast at re-assembly and re-loading. Sometimes I'd even get a second shot off before my quarry made it's get away.

I've hunted Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, West Virginia, Alaska, Colorado, and North Carolina.

[GAJoe]

A little over a year seriously. Northeast GA.
GAJoe

[Ladobe]

Having been born and raised on a working ranch from the late 40's, one of my "chores" was to rid the place of vermin from a very young age.   Mostly with BB guns and my first 22 rifle at first, then a 22 Hornet and trusty old 30-Gun Gramps gave me until I started buying my own firearms specifically for predators during my high school days.   Hunted by chance opportunities at first, spot and stalk as I got better at it, and I made and used my first willowleaf mouth calls by the time I was 9 or 10.   That is when I feel my real predator hunting days started, because the calls and 22 Hornet really openned up a whole new world for me.   I really loved learning all about the lives of my prey during those early experiences (still do), trying to figure out how to out smart them (still do), stalk into range, etc.   So it became a favored type of hunting for me about 47-48 years ago.

I've done predator hunting of some kind or another in:

UT, ID, OR, WY, MT, ND, SD, CO, NM, TX, AZ, CA, HI - the YT, Mexico and Costa Rica.

(I intentionally left VN off the list to be PC -  ).

[KySongDog]

Just started on predators. And from the looks of things, I've got a really big learning curve to go through.  Before now, deer and turkeys primarily occupied my time.

Semp

[FinsnFur]

PHffffffffft! then you'll feel right at home with the rest of the turkeys in here Semp 

[LDHunter]

I started hunting predators shortly after I got my first "22"... I was 7 years old and it was 1958. A fox raided the chicken house and I was the only one with the time to go get her.

We had a fresh snow and I tracked her to her den. Killed her and her 3 pups while they sunned on an old log and I've been a confirmed predator hunter ever since.

Most predators I've ever called in were called without the aid of calls or electronics. I just learned to imitate the sounds of desparate prey.

I've hunted predators in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Texas and Colorado. I liked Colorado the best and i currently reside in Florida where we have the toughest predator hunting in the world.

Anyone that doesn't believe it can just come on down and show me how it's done... 

I've only once had a taker on that offer and I've made that offer many a time. There is a  famous predator hunting movie maker that just might show up in February and I've promised him a try at our bobcats and coyotes here.

Rich.... You're more than welcome to come here and try it out too... I live in a 550,000 acre National Forest that's eat up with big coyotes that eat deer almost exclusively and bobcats that do the same. They're not call shy but the terrain and brush make the hunting quite tough. Calling them in ain't the hard part.... It's seeing them before they get your wind and slip away.

I have several tree stands and know these woods pretty well so it CAN be done..... Bring a video camera and I promise you some interesting footage.

$bob$

[yotehunter1]

I am a relatively new hunter who has just been coyote hunting 5 times I have blown on my critr call standard model most of thime in the woods, sill no action. I hunt a 180 acre farm with cornfields, thick brush, and plenty of game for them. I know there is yotes in the area because I have killed several while deer hunting, Will you give me some of your  tips on how to call one of these wily animals up. I will be going in late december just for the note.

Thank you,


Tyler Joyner